Startup Autopsy
Forensic intelligence for founders

The post-mortemyour startupwill wish it had.

Before you write a line of code, examine the ventures that came before you — the ones that died, and the rare few that survived.

Case intake

Compared against 2,400+ documented venture deaths and survivors.

From the archive
Quibi · $1.75B raised · died at 6moTheranos · $945M raised · fraudJuicero · $120M raised · the press was the jokePets.com · $300M raised · 9 months publicWeWork · $22B burned · IPO collapsedFriendster · 115M users · goneWebvan · $800M raised · 2yr lifespanBeepi · $150M raised · vanishedQuibi · $1.75B raised · died at 6moTheranos · $945M raised · fraudJuicero · $120M raised · the press was the jokePets.com · $300M raised · 9 months publicWeWork · $22B burned · IPO collapsedFriendster · 115M users · goneWebvan · $800M raised · 2yr lifespanBeepi · $150M raised · vanished
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The Graveyard

Inspect ventures that died in your category. Cause of death, funding burned, time on the table.

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Cause of Death

Pathology grouped into PMF, cash burn, competition, team, and distribution failure.

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Survival Odds

A probability score and the precise reasons your idea resembles the living — or the dead.